Sleep has finally found me again, it feels so nice to have my friend back. However, as with any good thing we want to do, there is always something to slow me down. Some are legitimate reasons and some are just logical excuses. This week it was a mix. First, both my girls have terrible colds. Runny noses, hacking coughs and the occasional fever. Normally this alone would be enough for me not to take them outside, but the icing this week was literal! In one week we went from almost no snow at all to, well, this:
Taking two sick girls out for a run in this would probably be considered child abuse. So what is a mom to do? How to get a walk/run in and not harm my children? I'm sure there may be many solutions. I had two. The first, of course, made the snow work for me. Shoveling snow burns quite a few calories, uses the whole body and get's the heart rate up. During nap time, when I couldn't leave the house, I simple went out and used my snow weights to heat up my day. My second solution came in the form of an understanding husband. We have very few waking hours together, but he encouraged me to take thirty minutes of that time for me. So out I went. I tried a little running. It was nice without the stroller, and helped me to see how far I've come and still need to go.
Here are my runkeeper summaries:
Monday: I kept to my original walking plan but I added in a few running spurts.
Tuesday: I changed things up at bit more, adding some more running. I found that when I use the coaching portion of my runkeeper I could track the intervals. This is what it looked like (the highlighted portions are when I ran):
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| 5:00 (warmup) | 10:55 | 2 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 15:41 | 1 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 11:24 | 3 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 17:08 | 1 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 12:15 | 0 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 17:32 | 1 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 13:35 | -0 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 16:58 | 5 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 16:31 | -2 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 17:17 | 1 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 12:04 | -1 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 17:24 | -1 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 17:42 | -1 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 19:09 | -3 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 18:46 | 1 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 18:39 | -0 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 20:02 | 1 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 16:28 | -2 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 15:31 | -5 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 18:04 | 2 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 17:56 | -0 |
As you can tell, I was very worn out by the end. At least my training doesn't start out with two mile runs, I don't think I could make it.
Wednesday: I sort of took a break. Our Zoo was having free admission and I had committed to going with a friend of mine. However, this doesn't mean I didn't get a workout. I took the single stroller and carried my baby in her wrap. not too much of a workout you think? Well, the Zoo happens to be in the hills. Up and down to see all the animals for two hours...Okay, it wasn't a major workout, but at least I was moving and kids get heavy.....
Thursday: This was the day it really dumped. I spent all nap time cleaning up cloud dandruff and then decided I could still run. I went out and I did it.
Whats that you say? Not two miles? You're right. I am a wimp when it comes to being cold and wet. Halfway through the run, the sky decided to share some moisture with me. I...cut it short. However, I did go out there, I did run. A bit.
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| 5:00 (warmup) | 17:32 | 1 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 16:18 | 1 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 12:08 | 0 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 16:01 | -3 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 12:13 | 2 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 15:55 | -1 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 16:06 | 1 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 16:02 | 1 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 14:29 | 2 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 17:31 | -1 |
| 1:00 (steady) | 13:44 | -1 |
| 2:00 (slow) | 16:36 | -2 |
The rest of the weekend slipped by with grocery shopping, laundry, and time with the kids.
There it is, my week in review. Although it's not my best week, at least I did get out there. I ran and I walked. Next week I begin my seven week 5k training. I'm a shocked at how quickly that seemed to come, and it's a little intimidating. I just have to keep reminding myself it's what I have been doing this whole time and I CAN do it. I think That may be turning into my mantra, "I CAN do it, I CAN do it, I CAN do it." Simple, yet true. Stay tuned for my training updates.
Update: sorry about the crazy formatting, I'm going to have to figure out how to get everything to work in harmony.
